On Sunday, March 26th, myself and Tiger's two primary operators (Yappy andFrysco) reached a decision to delink Tiger from the FurNet network.Effective immediately, tiger will sever all links to FurNet and operate asan independent server. What, if any, links Tiger will make with otherservers in the future has yet to be determined. The Tiger/Jaguar pair willcontinue to operate the services code and database during the transition.

Copies of the services code and database will be made available to theremaining FurNet administration. I will run a copy of services connectinginto their network until such time as they can establish their own copy, ifthey so choose, and will similarly continue to host the mailing lists untilsuch time as they can set up the appropriate infrastructure. The domain"irc.furnet.org" will be delegated to their DNS infrastructure, and willremain delegated to them as long as they continue use of the name space. Ihave removed myself from the administration mailing list as well as themoderation list for the users mailing list.

This decision was not reached easily or without significant consideration.It is our opinion that the operational nature of the FurNet network is nolonger in line with our goals when we worked to assist in founding thenetwork, and we no longer wish to participate in its operation. We wishthe remaining administrators the best of luck in the future of FurNet, andthank the users of Tiger for their support over the years.